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To explore these relationships, this study constructs a serial psychological transmission model of \u201cCross-Media Literature Engagement\u2014Narrative Transportation\u2014Place Identity\u2014Urban Alienation.\u201d<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Based on a sample of 1,360 urban youths aged 18\u201340, a cross-sectional questionnaire survey method was conducted. The model was empirically evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), Pearson correlation analysis, and a Bootstrap serial mediation test.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The findings show that youths\u2019 cross-media local literature engagement (CMLLE) is significantly and positively associated with both narrative transportation (LNTS) and literature-based place identity (LBPIS). Place identity exhibits a significant negative correlation with modern urban alienation sense (MDUAS). The Bootstrap sampling test further indicates that narrative transportation and place identity constitute a significant serial mediation path linking cross-media local literature engagement to urban alienation (total serial indirect value\n                      <jats:italic>B<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u22120.0250, 95% CI = \u22120.0339,\u22120.0172). Furthermore, the separate analytic paths for narrative transportation and place identity also demonstrated significant indirect linkages (indirect values of \u22120.0454 and \u22120.0420, respectively).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study highlights the application boundaries of narrative transportation theory and place identity theory in the field of urban mental health. It provides correlational empirical evidence for the development of local literature IPs and the strategic planning of \u201cCities of Literature.\u201d<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1880209","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,20]],"date-time":"2026-07-20T05:34:27Z","timestamp":1784525667000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A study on the relationship among cross-media local literature engagement, place identity, and urban alienation in youth groups"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Dongyang","family":"Yuan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Shaanxi University of Technology Literature and History","place":["Hanzhong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"020006","DOI":"10.1063\/5.0067612","article-title":"Urban isolation-a state of the art report on addressing complexities in urban communities","volume":"2409","author":"Ali","year":"2021","journal-title":"AIP Conf. 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